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  Re: Windows Studio 2008 Download "Colin J. Williams" <cjwilliams43@gmail.com> - 2014-07-29 08:54 -0400

#75348 — Re: Windows Studio 2008 Download

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i.  I've seen notes, in various places to say that the Express version is
not acceptable for compiling Python packages.  Is it, in fact usable for
this purpose?

ii. The Service Pack 1 has the original studio as a prerequisite.  That is
no longer available from Microsoft.

Any advice would be welcomed.

Colin W.


On 28 July 2014 16:04, TP <wingusr@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hmmm. Now that I think about it the full Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
> Service Pack 1 download I mentioned in my last email probably needs to have
> Visual Studio 2008 already installed (it's been a number of years since I
> had to install VS2008)? You could try it and see if it works.
>
> If not download the free Express version I mentioned instead. Trying to
> find the download link for the free VS2008 Express version is much harder
> so I guess that's why people keep asking for it :)
>

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